Table 5 Chapters and Articles Relevant to Pasung in West Java Provincial Regulation on Mental Health Service No.5 2018
CHAPTER | CONTENT |
|---|---|
Chapter 1: General Terms | Article 1 verses 13 Pasung, as described in this local legislation, might include different forms of mechanical or non-mechanical confinement that isolates individuals from the community, as well as other types of coercion, which including making it difficult for them to obtain health care. |
Chapter 2 Mental Health service | Article 4 Preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative mental health services are provided in a comprehensive, integrated, and long-term manner. |
| Â | Article 5 This provision serves as a model for all districts and cities in developing policies and implementing mental health services. |
| Â | Article 10 Mental health program is carried out by reducing stigma, myths, discrimination, violations of human rights for People with Mental Problems (ODMK), who are individuals who are at risk of developing mental illness, and People with Mental illness (ODGJ), and treating them as part of the family and community. |
Chapter V | Article 20.3 People with mental illnesses who endanger their own or others’ safety, or who violate public order and security, are obligated to seek treatment and care in a health care facility. Security personnel might be ordered by health workers, and emergency treatment could be administered if needed. Article 20.2 Consent for the in-hospitalization of an aggressive patient might be acquired from the patient’s spouse, parent, children, or other relative above the age of 17, or an authorised authority as defined by this legislation. |
Chapter VI Organisation | Article 72 The provincial government and district/city governments manage street psychotics or psychotic homeless people and shackle victims through a rapid response team that includes at least elements of the regional apparatus that manage and control affairs in the fields of health, social, population, and civil records, manpower, and maintenance of public and community peace, non-governmental organisations, and other related elements. |